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Fake geek girls : fandom, gender, and the convergence culture industry / Suzanne Scott.

LIBRA HM646 .S36 2019
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Scott, Suzanne, 1979- author.
Series:
Critical cultural communication
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Fans (Persons).
Women in popular culture.
Sexism in mass media.
Feminism and mass media.
Physical Description:
ix, 291 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Summary:
"Scott's "Fake Geek Girls" explores the issues of gender"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction : make fandom great again
A fangirl's place is in the resistance : feminism and fan studies
"Get a life, will you people?!" : the revenge of the fanboy
Interrogating the fake geek girl : the spreadable misogyny of contemporary fan culture
Terms and conditions : co-opting fan labor and containing fan criticism
One fanboy to rule them all : fantrepreneurs, fanboy auteurs and the politics of professionalization
From poaching to pinning : fashioning postfeminist geek girl(y) culture
Conclusion : fan studies' OTP : fandom and intersectional feminism.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781479838608
1479838608
9781479879571
1479879576
OCLC:
1081338131

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